11|16 FRI

WAR ON WEEDS | SEASIDE – Audubon Canyon Ranch’s biologist Daniel Gluesenkamp gives the keynote at the ninth annual War on Weeds, an invasive weeds symposium. Register and view complete program online. 8:15am-5pm. CSUMB University Center, Sixth Avenue and B Street, Seaside. $35. waronweeds.eventbrite.com.

11|16 - 11|18 FRI - SUN

TORTURE VIGIL | MONTEREY – Activists protest government-sanctioned torture at the Presidio of Monterey entrance. Noon Friday – 5pm Sunday. Private Bolio Gate, Monterey. Free. 643-2705 or peacemonterey.org.

11|17 SAT

LIVING WITH LIONS | PACIFIC GROVE – Mountain Lion Foundation CEO Lynn Sadler talks about coexisting with mountain lions in an urban setting in conjunction with a free exhibit Focus on Nature: Wildcats of the World, which runs though Dec. 29. 2pm. Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Free. 648-5716 or pgmuseum.org.

11|19 MON

COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION | SALINAS – Monterey County Community Action Commission meets. Agenda items include Food Bank, Shelter Outreach Plus and YWCA contract. 4:30pm. Room 110, Department of Social and Employment Services, 1000 S. Main St., Salinas. Free. 755-8492.

PHILOSOPHY AND POP CULTURE | MONTEREY – John Provost, a philosophy instructor at Monterey Peninsula College, takes a philosophical look at the issues facing our world today with “Spiral Dynamics and Ecology” at this month’s Humanist Association of the Monterey Bay Area meeting. 6:30pm. Monterey Senior Center, 280 Dickman Ave., Monterey. Free. 601-3770.

PENINSULA WATER BOARD | MONTEREY – Monterey Peninsula Water Management Board of Directors meets. 7pm. District Conference Room, 5 Harris Ct., Building G. Free. 658-5600.

11|20 TUES

MARINA CITY COUNCIL | MARINA – The City Council meets. 6:30pm. City Council Chambers, 211 Hillcrest Ave., Marina. Free. 884-1278.